An article in the Buffalo News about Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's
"Buffalo Billion" economic-development program, outlined during his
visit to Buffalo on Tuesday, reports the regional plan is centered
on initiatives such as growth of the Buffalo Niagara Medical
Campus, including the planned move downtown of the UB School of
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. An Associated Press article about
the plan quotes UB President Satish K. Tripathi, who serves as
co-chair of the Western New York Regional Economic Development
Council. "Our signature initiatives are first and foremost about
private sector jobs and investment," he said. "The intent of our
plan is to utilize the public funding as seed money to attract the
businesses that will make a long-term investment in our local
economy."